Vada Curry

This curry (gravy) is made with lots of spices similar to cooking Indian meat dishes. This gravy goes well with rice.

Vada Curry

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Recipe by S Kamala
Course: GraviesCuisine: Indian, TamilDifficulty: Medium
Servings

6

servings
Prep time

2

hours 
Cooking time

30

minutes

This curry (gravy) is made with lots of spices similar to cooking Indian meat dishes. This gravy goes well with rice.

Ingredients

  • Bengal gram dhal – 1 cup

  • Onion – 1

  • Tomato – 1

  • Garlic cloves – 10 Nos

  • Green chillies – 4 Nos

  • Ginger – 2 small pieces

  • Red Chilli powder – 1 teaspoon

  • Coriander Powder – 2 teaspoon

  • Turmeric powder – ½ teaspoon

  • Sombu (aniseeds) – 2 teaspoon

  • Cinnamon sticks – 2 pieces

  • Cloves – 4 Nos

  • Cardamom – 4 Nos

  • Bay leaves – 2 pieces

  • Salt – 2 teaspoon or as per taste

  • Oil – 4 to 5 tablespoons

  • Curry leaves – few

  • Coriander leaves – few

Directions

  • Wash and soak the dhal for two to three hours.
  • Drain the water completely and add one teaspoon sombu, one cinnamon stick and half teaspoon salt and grind to a coarse paste like vadai dough.
  • Place the above into idli plate and steam it for ten minutes.
  • After it cools down, break it into small pieces like pakoda. Keep it aside.
  • Chop onion and green chillies lengthwise. Chop the tomato finely. Crush the ginger and garlic.
  • In a frying pan put the oil and when it is hot add remaining sombu, cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom and bay leaves and fry for a while.
  • Then add onion, green chillies, curry leaves and fry well.
  • Add ginger and garlic and fry for a while.
  • Then add tomato pieces and fry till it mashed well.
  • Now add chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Mix it well.
  • Add the dhal pieces and stir well.
  • Add a cup of water and allow to cook in low flame.
  • Remove from fire and garnish with coriander leaves.

Notes

  • You can also add a cup of coconut milk instead of water or half cup coconut milk and half cup water. I have steam cooked the dhal paste and used in this curry. Instead, make small vadas from the dhal mixture and deep fry. Then add it into the curry.

3 Comments

  1. kiara melanie

    very nice … gonna try it

  2. sathisha Mansoor

    Hi madam, have tried this recipe this evening and it came very well.

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